Veneer box



(No Model.)

J T. FERRES.

VENEER BOX.

No. 476,622. Patented June 7, 1892.

JEFFERY T. FERRES, OF ANDERSON, INDIANA.

VENEER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,622, dated June 7,1892.

Application filed February 1, 1892.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEFFERY T. FERRES, a citizen of the Dominion ofCanada, residing at Anderson, in the county of Madison and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VeneerBoxes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide bottle-wrappers, egg-carriers,and other boxes made more easily of wood veneer which are put togetherstronger and more durable than hitherto obtained from this material.

It consists in joining two pieces by a locked hinge-joint in a novel anduseful manner.

The various features of my invention are fully set forthin thedescription of the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which Figure l is a perspective view of one form ofbox. Fig. 2 is a plan view of one of the sides, showing cross-strips Bin section when first united. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the samefinished. Fig. at is a plan of one of the cross-strips.

In Fig. 1 I have shown the corner cell of one of a series of arectangular serial box for the purpose of illustrating one form of boxand the process of construction, which is preferably carried out asfollows:

The wide strips A are wet or steamed, so as to expand the grain of thewood, which runs horizontally, as seen in Fig. 1, then mortised orslotted across the grain. The strips B are thoroughly seasoned or theirfibers are condensed and then notched, and in this condition areinserted into the slots of strip A. The slots are cut as wide as thestrips B, which are inserted therein. This leaves a space or spaces 0 0between the neck of strip B and the ends of mortise a. The box is thendried until all of the moisture is expelled from strips A, and duringthe drying process they will shrink till the edges of the mortises ahave drawn together and embrace the neck of strip B, as shown in Fig. 3,and the strips B are thus well secured by the mortises a.

One or more cross-pieces B can be used, ac-

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cording to the height of the box. Several advantages are secured by thisconstruction first, ease and simplicity of construction and effectuallocking of the pieces together; second, strips B are passed loosely intothe mortises and do not have to be forced in, which is apt to splitstrips A; third, closerfitting joints are obtained by this method ofconstruction.

The steps of the process may be varied and obtain the same result. ThusstripA may be of wet veneer and strips 13 of seasoned veneer and puttogether and the veneer strips A seasoned or dried, or strips B may beinserted into the mortises of green or moistened strips A and then wetor steamed until they expand and the necks of strips B fill the mortisesa and when completed the box dried and the same results are produced.

Ilaving described my invention, what I claim is r 1. The process ofconstructing a veneer box by mortising one set of veneer strips andnotching another set, and then inserting one set of strips through themortises of the other, one of which sets is wetted to expand them andthe other condensed by seasoning, and then drying the strips to expelmoisture and shrink one set upon the other, substantially as specified.

2. The process of constructing a box of veneer strips by mortisingstrips A across the grain of the wood in a moistened or expandedcondition, notching strips 13 in a condensed or dry condition, insertingthe notched strips B into the mortises' of strips A as far as thenotches, and then expelling the moisture from the expanded strips Auntil they shrink upon and grasp the neck of strips B, substantially asspecified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JEFFERY T. FERRES.

itnessos:

STEPHEN METCALF, Runs 0. CARPENTER.

